Danone reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,218 total reviews)
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Antoine DE SAINT-AFFRIQUE

85% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Danone has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,218 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Danone employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Aug 8, 2017

Overrated culture & chaotic management team

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Good in marketing and packaging the Danone brand overall. - Relatively good benefits and parental leave policy. - Danone campus is good for employees

Cons

- "Great Company Culture" is used as a tool to market the company - Good HR branding but it's so far from reality. - Chaotic management team, too much of French & European influenced, lack of diversity in terms of background and sexuality. Too many expats. - Secured career opportunities if you are HR's best friend - High staff turnaround rate

3.0
Nov 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Personal time off benefits are great- if people can respect it health benefits and associated costs- on par opportunities to rotate roles speed to adapt to market changes open work environment - no individual offices works well for collaboration your colleagues kick butt, work hard and most are very intelligent and nice people

Cons

zero work/life balance- long work hours, weekends, while on PTO because "every single thing is a fire drill even if non business critical its all about who "likes" you and being in the "in crowd"- some people are promoted and rotated into roles every year or sometimes with 9 months with no wins and no results on the business they managed. These newly minted "senior manager and directors" have zero people management skills , no professional etiquette and barely /no experience yet a leading teams of highly skilled professionals. the integration has been a disaster- no additional support for existing functions , yet responsible for getting everything done with no end in sight business strategy changes weekly - run like a bodega

1.0
Dec 22, 2018

Stay away!

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Pros

Pay is above average, but completely not worth it.

Cons

Management is completely lost. Favoritism exists everywhere but this place is the absolute worst at showing it and not caring who knows. Departments and shifts fight consistantly and department heads and shift heads do not get along. This company cares nothing for its employees. Super long hours with unrealistic expectations and no credit given to those who actually deserve it. Leadership treats the employees like slaves with zero acknowledgement of circumstances. Talks about issues but does nothing effectively to fix issues. High turnover in every department causing issues of long stretches of days worked. If you want a life outside of work, dont work here. This place makes yogurt, not sense...and it doesn't take long before you realize that this is their motto. All the company cares about is how far they can push the employees. They preach to be safe and stress free then ask for expectations that don't allow for either. It won't be long and someone will be seriously injured here due to issues that are overlooked until they are a serious problem.

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